Wordofa Surname

55,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,086 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Wordofa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wordofa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia9,0151:10,8201,614
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Wordofa (142,297) may also be a first name.

Wordofa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wordofa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wordofa is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wordofa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 55,861st most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 802,063 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wordofa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wordofa is also the 7,360th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 142,297 people.

This last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9,015 people, or 1 in 10,820. Beside Ethiopia this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Wordofa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wordofa surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Wordofa earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.86% less than the national average, earning $34,578 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wordoffa939/
Woredofa934/
Wordof922/
Wordfa921/
Werdofa8653/
Wordefa869/
Worodfa861/
Wordafa861/
Wordoff860/
Wordf831/
Werdoffa805/
Woerdhoff750/
Wardoff712/
Wardova711/
Wordu F711/
Werdefa711/
Woorduf710/
Wurdoff710/
Wardhoff6713/
Weerdhof677/
Woorduff674/
Wierdhof671/
Werdf671/
Wardf671/
Wordwave670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wordofa
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